Hard drives containing sensitive medical data found in flea market
Malwarebytes
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
Somebody bought a batch of 15 GB hard drives from a flea market, and during a routine check of the contents they found medical data about hundreds of patients. Some modern drives come with a secure erase command embedded in the firmware, but you need special software to execute the command, and it may require several rounds of overwrite.
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